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36 | Tees Business Vital Fire Solutions business development manager Paul Burlison (left) and County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service area manager Dominic Brown discuss the benefits of the new state-of-theart P50 fire extinguisher, which is saving businesses thousands of pounds. HOT STUFF FROM SAVING LIVES TO SAVING MONEY Martin Walker looks at how a North East Fire Service has used diversification to benefit businesses across the region... B usinesses across Teesside now have an opportunity to potentially save thousands of pounds with the introduction of new and state-of-the-art fire extinguishers. Vital Fire Solutions (VFS), which is the trading arm of County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service, has recently been commended by businesses across the UK for the proactive work it is doing in helping to make efficiencies, in relation to fire safety products. VFS signed an exclusive distributor agreement with Britannia Fire for the North East and Cumbria areas for the revolutionary P50 fire extinguisher, following a lengthy period of due diligence on the product. Where almost every fire extinguisher within business premises currently requires an annual inspection and service, provided by an external company, the P50 brings new technology, which allows the product to be installed and then requires only minimal checks to be performed by a responsible person on-site. The P50 extinguisher also comes with a 10year guarantee. Once a customer purchases